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Visitors of reception inmates are
permitted to download and bring the completed visitor
application with them on their first visit. You
may obtain the visitor application from our
visiting page.

Visiting hours are subject to change without notice.
Please call the institution to verify visiting hours before
planning a visit.

General Population
Inmates:

Saturday, Sunday - 8:00 a.m. -3:15 p.m.

Please arrive no later than 9:15am to
be processed for morning visiting and no later than 1:45
p.m. for afternoon visiting in order to be permitted to
visit.

Visitors cannot be processed in to
visitation between 9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Visiting is closed for all inmates on all
State Holidays.

Visiting hours are subject to change without notice.
Please call the institution to verify visiting hours before
planning a visit.

Mental Health Visitation:

This includes all of Mental
Health

Tuesdays and Thursdays

Please arrive no later than 9:15am to
be processed for morning visiting and no later than 1:45
p.m. for afternoon visiting in order to be permitted to
visit.

Visitors cannot be processed in to
visitation between 9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Visiting is closed for all inmates on all
State Holidays.

Visiting hours are subject to change without notice.
Please call the institution to verify visiting hours before
planning a visit.

Disciplinary/Local Control
Visitation:

Inmates in Disciplinary Control and
Local Control may receive one non-contact visit per
month if approved by the Segregation Supervisor.
Visit is limited to two hours.

Protective Custody/Security
Control:

Inmates in Disciplinary Control and
Local Control may receive two non-contact visit per
month if approved by the Segregation Supervisor.

Reservations

Reservations are not required.

Video Visitation

The Correctional Reception Center maintains video
visiting kiosks in every general population housing unit.
There is NO video visiting in the reception housing units.
The hours of availability for video visits are as follows:
Visits can be scheduled between 8am-10am daily, 11am-4pm
daily and 5pm-7:30pm daily. The cost of the video visit is:
$9.90 for a 30 minute visit.

Visits are 30 minutes in duration; however, an additional 30
minutes can be requested if there is no one scheduled at the
same kiosk immediately after the conclusion of the initial
video visit.

An
approved visitor is defined as: a visitor that submitted an
application for visitation, processing has been completed,
and approval by institutional staff may request a video
visit. Approved visitors must create an account and
register with JPay. When family members register to have a
video visit, they are prompted by JPay through a series of
steps to achieve their visit.

Video visits should be scheduled at least 24 hours in
advance to insure proper notification; however, they may be
scheduled up to one hour in advance of the time that they
are requesting.

Inmate Funds

A kiosk is available in the front entry
building of the institution. Approved visitors may
deposit funds into an offender trust account or PIN Debit
phone account using the kiosks. For additional
information on inmate funds or other deposit options please
visit
http://www.drc.ohio.gov/web/inmate_funds.htm.

Correspondence

What Offenders and Families Need to know

Volunteers in Prison

The Correctional Reception Center is committed to
recruiting dedicated and resourceful volunteers to assist in
reentry efforts by providing services to offenders. For
additional information on these opportunities or the
application process, please contact Jeff Martin at
614-877-2441, ext. 7131 or via email at
Jeff.Martin@odrc.state.oh.us.

Prison Rape Elimination Act

The Prison Rape Elimination Act was passed in 2003 to
protect individuals from prison rape. Click
here for more
information.

Unique Programs

The Ohio Benefit Bank (OBB)
is a public-private partnership that helps connect low
and moderate income Ohioans with free tax preparation
and access to potential public benefits and work
supports. In May 2008, CRC began providing
services to those offenders who have 30 days or less to
serve in our system. In partnership
with the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives (GOFBCI) and the Ohio Association of Second
Harvest Food Banks, The OBB encourages eligible Ohioans
to claim tax credits, such as the Earned Income Tax
Credit and public benefits such as food stamps, child
care subsidies, home energy assistance and children’s
health care insurance, by helping them prepare and file
applications. Volunteer Benefit Bank counselors
are available to help determine eligibility and complete
applications for inmates and their families.

Inmate Programs

Community Service

Touching Little Lives - sew baby items for
single moms in Pickaway County

Career-Technical (Vocational) Programs

Religious Services

Reading Room

In 2000, former First Lady Hope Taft approached the
Director about establishing a reading room for the children
who visited their incarcerated parent at the Pickaway
Correctional Institution. This idea spread across the state,
and now the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
maintains children’s reading rooms in each prison.

The reading rooms encourage family literacy by providing
a pleasant and comfortable setting for both child and incarcerated
parent. Each room is stocked with a wide variety of children’s
books and has an inmate narrator who reads to the visiting children
twice a day. The role of the inmate narrator is to read picture
books to the children in much the same manner that children’s
hour would be done at a public library.

A variety of arts and craft supplies for the children are
also available in most of the rooms. Many of the supplies
and books are donated by employees and service
organizations.